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" But how much nobler will be the Sovereign's boast when he shall have it to say that he found law dear, and left it cheap ; found it a sealed book — left it a living letter ; found it the patrimony of the rich — left it the inheritance of the poor... "
Law Reform: Papers and Addresses by a Practicing Lawyer - Page ix
by Henry Waters Taft - 1926 - 265 pages
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The Christian observer [afterw.] The Christian observer and advocate

1868 - 986 pages
...eclipsed by the more solid and enduring splendour of the reign. . . . But how much nobler will be our sovereign's boast, when he shall have to say that...found law dear and left it cheap —found it a sealed bonk, left it a living letter — found it the patrimony of the rich, left it the inheritance of the...
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The Law Magazine and Law Review: Or, Quarterly Journal of ..., Volume 25

Law - 1868 - 384 pages
...reign has its claims also. But how much nobler will be our sovereign's boast, when he shall have to eay that he found law dear, and left it cheap; found it a sealed book, left it a living letter ; fonnd it the patrimony of the rich, left it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged...
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Lives of Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Brougham: Lord Chancellors and Keepers of ...

John Campbell Baron Campbell - Judges - 1869 - 654 pages
...reign also has its claims. But how much nobler will be the Sovereign's boast when he shall have it to say that he found law dear, and left it cheap ;...— left it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged sword of craft and oppression — 'left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 126

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1869 - 628 pages
...reign also has its claims. But how much nobler will be the Sovereign's boast when he shall have it to say that he found law dear, and left it cheap ;...— left it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged sword of craft and oppression — left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence...
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Works of Henry Lord Brougham: Lives of philosophers of the time of George III

Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1872 - 538 pages
...success, to make that his boast which he describes as an ambition worthy of a sovereign, — " to have it to say, that he found law dear, and left it cheap...rich, left it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged sword of craft and oppression, left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence."...
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Works, Volume 1

Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1872 - 536 pages
...success, to make that his boast "which he describes as an ambition worthy of a sovereign, — " to have it to say, that he found law dear, and left it cheap...rich, left it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged sword of craft and oppression, left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence."...
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Memoir of Thomas, First Lord Denman, Formerly Lord Chief Justice ..., Volume 1

Sir Joseph Arnould - Judges - 1873 - 498 pages
...marble,' he continues — ' But how much nobler will be our Sovereign's boast when he shall have it to say, that he found Law dear, and left it cheap ; found it a sealed book, and left it a living letter ; found it the patrimony of the rich, left it the inheritance of the poor...
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Works of Henry Lord Brougham: Speeches

Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1873 - 464 pages
...reign also has its claims. But how much nobler will be the Sovereign's boast, when he shall have it to say, that he found law dear, and left it cheap; found it a sealed hook — left it a living letter ; found it the patrimony of the rich — left it the inheritance of...
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Life of Thomas, First Lord Denman: Formerly Lord Chief Justice of ..., Volume 1

Sir Joseph Arnould - Biography - 1874 - 388 pages
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The Great Triumphs of Great Men

James Mason - Biography - 1875 - 706 pages
...brick and left it of marble. But how much nobler will be the sovereign's boast, when he shall have it to say that he found law dear and left it cheap ;...rich, left it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged sword of craft and oppression, left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence...
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